Giant spin transfer torque in atomically thin magnetic bilayers
| Autor: | Matisse Wei-Yuan Tu, Wang Yao, Weihao Cao, Jiang Xiao |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Physics
Angular momentum Spintronics Condensed matter physics Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Computer Science::Information Retrieval Spin-transfer torque General Physics and Astronomy FOS: Physical sciences Electron Condensed Matter::Mesoscopic Systems and Quantum Hall Effect symbols.namesake Magnetization Ferromagnetism Atom Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall) symbols van der Waals force |
| Popis: | In cavity quantum electrodynamics, the multiple reflections of a photon between two mirrors defining a cavity is exploited to enhance the light-coupling of an intra-cavity atom. We show that this paradigm for enhancing the interaction of a flying particle with a localized object can be generalized to spintronics based on van der Waals 2D magnets. Upon tunneling through a magnetic bilayer, we find the spin transfer torques per electron incidence can become orders of magnitude larger than $\hbar/2$, made possible by electron's multi-reflection path through the ferromagnetic monolayers as an intermediate of their angular momentum transfer. Over a broad energy range around the tunneling resonances, the damping-like spin transfer torque per electron tunneling features a universal value of $\frac{\hbar}{2} \tan{\frac{\theta}{2}}$, depending only on the angle $\theta$ between the magnetizations. These findings expand the scope of magnetization manipulations for high-performance and high-density storage based on van der Waals magnets. Comment: Published as an Express Letter on Chinese Physics Letters |
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